Nail-holding device.



No. 640,!69. Patented Jan. 2, I900.

W. B. BABGAR.

NAIL HOLDING DEVICE.

(Application filed July 20, 1699.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE...

W ILLIS R. BARGAR, OF CARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

NAIL-HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,169, dated January 2, 1900.

Application filed J uly 20, 1899. Serial No. 724,484. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIS R. BARGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oarbondale, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in N ail-Holding Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices for holding nails to hammer-heads while being driven; and it consists in the provision of means whereby the head of the nail may be held adjacent to the head of the hammer and at right angles to the striking-face thereof, whereby the nail may be started by giving the latter a light blow with the side of the head of the hammer, after which the nail is released from the notch holding the same, and the nail may then be driven with the striking-face of the hammer.

More specifically, the present invention consists in the provision of a nail-holding device consisting of a piece of wire which is bent and formed into a V-shaped portion designed to receive the head of the nail, thence said wire being bent or coiled to form two loops, through which short rods are passed, the shank portions of the wire thence bent at substantially right angles to the portion containing the nailcarrying loop and again bent to form eyes, through which a second rod passes, the free ends of the wire being bent at right angles and having hooks at their ends which are adapted to be interlocked after the ends are passed about the handle of the hammer. By this provision it Will be noted that the nailholding device may be held tightly against the head of a hammer, and by means of the spring-arms formed by the ends of the wire the nail-holding attachment is held snugly against the side or face of the hammer.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain, the same consists, further, in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout both views, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer, showing my improved nail-holding device se cured to thehandle and side of the hammerhead; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of the device removed from the hammer and handle.

Reference now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the piece of wire, which is bent upon itself at A, with a slight space intervening, as at B. Said wire is bent to form a coil at B, and the two rightangled wing portions 0 are formed out of the wire, after which the eyes D are formed by coiling the wire. Thence right-angled pro jectingportions E of the wire are bent and a second series of eyes F formed, and the ends of the wires are thence bent substantially at right angles to the portions of the wire be tween the said sets of eyes and at their extreme ends are provided with hooks H. Mounted in each set of eyes D and F are the rods K, which when the device is placed upon the handle of a hammer are disposed on opposite sides thereof, as shown clearly in Fig. 1 of the drawings. A

The application and operation of my device are as follows, viz: The Wire nail-holding device is slipped over the end of the handle of the hammer, the handle passing between the two rods K, and after the device has been pushed up to the head of the hammer, so that the looped or nailengaging portion rests against the side of the hammer-head, the spring-arms, having hooks Hat their ends, are bent over the hammer-handle and the ends interlocked on the side of the handle on which the nail holding portion is disposed. By bringing these arms about the handle and in terlocking the same the tension caused/by bending said ends will cause the nail carrying portion to snugly bind,agaihst the hammer and hold the same firmly in place.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for holding nails to hammerheads, consisting of a wire which is bent to 5 form a nail-receiving slot, said wire thence being bent to form two sets of eyes, rods mounted in said eyes, adapted to be held one on each side of the handle of a hammer, and the ends of said wires being hooked and adapted to be 10 sprung over the handle and interlocked, as

shown and described.

2. A nail-holding device for hammer-heads,

consisting of a wire which is bent to form a V-shaped slot, thence bent to form two pairs I5 of eyes, and the rods held in said eyes parallel to each other, and at right angles to the nail-carrying slot, the ends of said wire being thence downwardly bent and having hooks whereby when the device is placed upon the handle of a hammer, said ends may be inter- 2o locked and the tension of the spring-arms when interlocked may cause the nail-slot to bear against the face of the hammer, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2 5 in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIS R. BARGAR. Witnesses:

W. E. FRIsBIE, GEO. H. ACKERMAN. 

